1. What is copyright?
Copy right is the law of the US law that protects people work.
2. What is fair use?
Fair use is the limited amount of copy righted material you can use for educational use.
3. Can a student use a picture from the Smithsonian museum in their report?
Yes they can use the smithsonian has granted permission to use their work for a school work or a project
4. What is attribution?
It is when you give credit to someone who created toyr work.
5. Can I show everyone my school project by putting it on a web page?
Not quite.
6. Does it matter how much of a song or video I use in my work?
Yes because you can only use 10% of someones work.
7. Dosn't the public have the right to use music and art?
Yes in fact the copy right laws tries to balance the rights of artists and others.
8. What is the public domain?
Its is work that is not copyrighted.
9. Can I use picture if they don't have the word copyright or the copyright symbol on them?
No because just cause the page doesnt have the symbol, it doesnt mean its not copyrighted.
10. I want to use a recording from a website but can't find anything about copyright, what should I do?
You should write permission to use the file.
Copy right is the law of the US law that protects people work.
2. What is fair use?
Fair use is the limited amount of copy righted material you can use for educational use.
3. Can a student use a picture from the Smithsonian museum in their report?
Yes they can use the smithsonian has granted permission to use their work for a school work or a project
4. What is attribution?
It is when you give credit to someone who created toyr work.
5. Can I show everyone my school project by putting it on a web page?
Not quite.
6. Does it matter how much of a song or video I use in my work?
Yes because you can only use 10% of someones work.
7. Dosn't the public have the right to use music and art?
Yes in fact the copy right laws tries to balance the rights of artists and others.
8. What is the public domain?
Its is work that is not copyrighted.
9. Can I use picture if they don't have the word copyright or the copyright symbol on them?
No because just cause the page doesnt have the symbol, it doesnt mean its not copyrighted.
10. I want to use a recording from a website but can't find anything about copyright, what should I do?
You should write permission to use the file.